June 7, 2025 - Taste of History: Ellis Island’s Immigrant Cookbook Comes to Life

Saturday, June 7, 2025 12:00pm - 3:00pm The ticket price includes - a ferry ticket, an autographed copy of The Ellis Island Immigrant Cookbook, and a guided Hard Hat Tour.  Join Save Ellis Island for a unique culinary event featuring Tom Bernardin, author of The Ellis Island Immigrant Cookbook, in which he will present his key lecture, Ellis Island-The Golden Door. After the talk, guests will have the opportunity to sample dishes made from recipes featured in the cookbook and will receive a copy of The Ellis Island Immigrant Cookbook to continue their culinary experience at home. Also included is an exclusive tour of the abandoned hospital complex on the south side of Ellis Island, where many immigrants were treated upon arrival. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind event where food, history, and heritage come together. Tom Bernardin is a licensed New York City tour guide and a fifty-three-year resident of Manhattan, originally hailing from Lawrence, Massachusetts, known as Immigrant City. H